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FREDRICK C. MILLER AND HENRY C. PETERS. OF NEW YORK. Y

CIGAR-MOLD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 258,940, dated June 6, 1882.

Application mea December 6,1881. (No modei.)

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that we, FREDRICK O. MILLER and HENRY C. PETERS, citizens of the United States, residing at New York, county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Molds, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to certain. improvements in cigar-molds shown and described in Letters Patent ot' the United States grantedy Said improvements relate to the construction g of the cigar-mold, which enables the plungers to be moved out of the matrices in planes sub-7 p stantiallyparallel with the sides ofthe matrices 5' and to such end may be stated toconsist iny the combination, in acigar-mold, oi' the lid having at its extremeend an outer bearing and? turning point resting ou the part ot4 the mold extended beyond the end cup or matrix a'sut'- ticient distance to'enable the plunger to be moved out of the matrix in a plane substantially parallel with the sides ofthe matrix and without subjecting the edges of the plunger or side walls ofthe matrix to strain, with the gain or rabbet at lor near the opposite end of thel mold.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section takenon a vertical central plane through a cigar-mold constructed in ac- Fig. 2 is a longi-` cordance with our invention. tudinal section taken on a vertical central plane through the end vportion of a slightlymodied form ot' cigar-mold, and Fig.,3 is an end view ofthe mold shown in Fig. 2, it being understood that both endsof the said moldV can be constructed in a similar way. Fig. 3a

shows a plan of a portion ofthe lid having the elongated hole for the dowel-pin'." Fig. 4 is a side elevation of another modified form of cigar-mold, and Fig. 5 is an end view of the same, both ends of said mold being preferably constructed alike, as will appear.- Fig..6 is

still another Amodified formot'moldzwith the rabbet at the end outside orn the extended turning-point. Fig. 7 isA an end view ot' another modication with the rabbets cut on each side ofthe extension. Fig. 8 shows an end view of another modiication, employing a tenon and mortise in lieu of a dowel-pin. Fig. 9 is a top plan View of the same; and Fig. 10, a central vertical section on line x m, Fig. 9.

In the several gures of the drawings, A im dicates the base of the mold 5 and B, the cups or matrices, which may be either formed in separate blocks, C, or in a single block, made of appropriate length for the formation therein ofthe required number of matrices, said block vor blocks being in either case rigidly attached to the base ot' the mold. This base and matrix-blocks, in conjunction with the end blocks .or sections, D, that are rigidly attached to the base at its ends and formed, as will be specially described in connection with each ligure of the drawings, constitute the lower or matrix portion of the mold. By securing said end blocks to the base of the mold it will be seen that they are interposed between the base and lid, and -that when the lid is closed down i will rest upon them at its ends.

r[he letter E indicates the lid of the mold, and F the plungers,which are rigidly secured to the lid in the ordinary way.

A dowel-pin, G, secured in the base and-in d the block D adjacent to the end matrix of the series, and, if desired, a dowel-pin, g, can be se'- cured in the opposite end ot' the mold in a similar way, the lid being formed with holes H for receiving the dowel-pins. v

To allow the plungers, and especially those nearest to -thepoint upon which the lid turns while it is being opened, to rise in lines substantially parallel with their respective matrices,.the dowel-hole for receiving the doweli pin G at-said end of the mold is either grad- .ually enlarged from its upper to its lower end by cutting away the lid at the inner side of the hole, as shown in Fig.' 1; or, instead of enlarging the opening, as shown in Fig. 1, in which the lower portion of the same is larger than its upper portion, said opening can be made oblong, as shown in Figs. 2,4, and 3h ot' Sheet l, the diameter of the opening in suchinstance being the same at the top as at the bottom thereof; or, instead of enlarging the opening, the same result can be obtained by beveling or ilattening one side of the dowel-pin, as described in said Patent No. 244,914.

" When it is desired to open the lid from either end both of the holes for the dOwel-pins can be made oblong or tapering, as described; Or the two dOwel-pins can be beveled in the manner set forth.

As illustrated in all of the views, and more particularly the longitudinal sections, thelower part of the mold comprises the base, the matrices, and the extension or end block, D, at one Or both ends of the mold, the latter being considerably extended by extending the lid, the base, and the interposed block D some distance beyond the matrix that is at such end ot' the mold.

In a mold thus constructed when the lid is raised it will be seen that the point x' of contact between the lid andthe extension-block at the outer extremities of said parts will constitute the pivot upon which the lid turns when it is raised. If such point were near the matrix, as in other cigar-molds of this character, the paths described by the plun gers, and lnore especially those nearest the said end of the mold, would be small circles, thus subjecting the edges of the plungers or the division-walls of the matrices to strains sufficient to break or injure the same; but by lengthening or extending thelid, the base, and the block D, the paths in which the plungers move when the lid is raised will be circles so large that the plungers will rise in nearly vertical planes.

It will be of course perfectly obvious that theblock OrpieceD,instead of beingmade separately from the base upon which the matrices are arranged, could be integral with the same with like results.

As shown in Fig. 1, the mold has at one end the extension block or piece D secured to the extension of the base, and having its top surface in the same plane as the tops of the matrices. At the Opposite end, however, of the lower part of the mold is formed a gain, I, for the insertion of a wedge, so that the lid can be readily pried Or forced up at this latter end; but in cigar-molds of this character it may be desirable to lift the lid from either end, as has been already stated, and hence to facilitate this operation the gain will be formed in blocks D at both ends of the mold'in such manner that there will always be a bearin g or turning point for the extreme end of the lid on the extensionblock at such end. Thus in Figs. 2 and 3 the gains are cut centrally from the end or extension blocks, thus leaving said bearings or turning-points for the lid the same asin Fig. 1, with the exception that the central portion of said bearing is cut away, thereby leaving two of such points, in lieu of a bearing the full width of the block.

In Figs. 4 and 5 an elongated bearing of the full width of the block at each end of the mold is preserved by cutting out the gain transversely in the block, thus leaving at each extreme end of the mold a wall for the lid to rest and turn on.

In Fig.7 the gain or rabbet is obtained, and the block D, providing the turning-point for the lid, is maintained by forming the block of a less width than the mold, whereby a gain will be provided at both sides of the block.

The dowel-pin is omitted in Figs. 6 and 7. The plungers will act as guides themselves, although such construction is not so desirable as that before described, as the edges ot' the plungers are liable to become worn oi.

Fig. 6 also illustrates a method of forming the rabbet when both ends embody ournvention. This is accomplished by increasing the usual length of the mold at both ends, so as to Obtain the amount Ot extension beyond the matrices necessary to obtain the proper path of the plunger, and then extending the upper and lower sections beyond this point a sufeient distance to form the rabbet.

Figs. 8, 9, and 10 show atenon and slot employed to act as guides in lieu of the dowel and dowel-hole.

H represents the tenon l1, a mortise or gain cut in the lid E to receive the tenon, but having a space, h', between the tenen H andthe lid E to allow the lid to be raised from One end, as before described.

Various other modieations maybe lnadein form or character of guides used without departing from the invention, as specitied in the claim herein. Fig. 1, however, shows the preferred form of embodying our invention, as it can be applied without lengthening the mold to au objectionable extent.

Having described our invention, what we claim is- The combination, in a cigar-mold, of the lid having at its extreme end an outer bearing and turning point resting on the lower part of the mold,extended beyond the end cup or matrix a sutiicient distance to enable the plunger to be moved out of the matrix in a plane substantially parallel with the sides of the matrix, and without subjecting the edges of the plunger or the side walls of the matrix to strain, with the gain or rabbet at or near the opposite end of the mold, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presence Of subscribing witnesses.

FREDRIUK C. MILLER. HENRY O. PETERS.

Witnesses to the signature of F. C. Miller:

E. E. WOOD, JNO. E. JONES.

Witnesses to the signature of H. C. Peters:

WILLIAM H. GiBsON, S. F. GREGORY.

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